page_title: Jackie (2016 film)
section_title: Critical response
hierarchical_section_title: Jackie (2016 film) / Reception / Critical response
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Natalie Portman at the premiere for Thor: The Dark World, October 25, 2013
context_page_description: Jackie is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim. The film stars Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy. Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, and John Hurt also star; it was Hurt's final film released before his death in January 2017. The film follows Jackie Kennedy in the days when she was First Lady in the White House and her life immediately following the assassination of her husband, United States President John F. Kennedy, in 1963. It is partly based on Theodore H. White's Life magazine interview with the widow at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, in November 1963.
  The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, and was released in the United States on December 2, 2016, by Fox Searchlight Pictures to positive reviews and received three nominations at the 89th Academy Awards; Best Actress, Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.
context_section_description: Jackie received positive reviews from critics, with Portman's performance being widely acclaimed. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 346 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Jackie offers an alluring peek into a beloved American public figure's private world — and an enthralling starring performance from Natalie Portman in the bargain." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 52 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". 
  David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a highly positive review, writing that the film is "Extraordinary in its piercing intimacy and lacerating in its sorrow." Guy Lodge of Variety also gave the film a highly positive review, writing that "Chilean helmer Pablo Larraín makes an extraordinary English-lingo debut with this daring, many-leveled portrait of history's favorite First Lady." Jon Niccum of The Kansas City Star was less impressed, writing that the film "becomes preoccupied with trendy period detail and the mannered performance of its star, rather than in finding deeper truths about the subject." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, criticizing the film's frame narrative and stating that it is "not ultimately necessary (few are, alas) because... we have already seen everything both of them might have had to say illustrated, in a more immediate and often wrenching way, by the flashbacks," which "constitute a second, far superior film, one that has the shock of revelation".
caption: Natalie Portman's performance garnered critical acclaim and she received her third Academy Award, BAFTA & SAG nomination and also her fourth Golden Globe nomination.
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